RNA Polymerase-Binding Transcription Factor Card

(All numbering and residues are taken from first PDB file)

Bending Residue Dihedral Analysis

Residue
i
Residue
i+1
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 1
(A)
Distance of hinge axis to residue i in conformer 2
(A)
Change in psi (i)
(deg)
Change in phi (i+1)
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 1
(deg)
Angle of psi(i) axis to hinge axis conformer 2
(deg)
Percentage Progress
 ASP-60   VAL-61  1.4 6.4 132.9 -40.0 120.9 65.8 15.7
 VAL-61   VAL-62  2.4 2.8 158.8 24.4 110.1 135.2 57.3
 VAL-62   GLY-63  4.1 3.4 -179.1 -161.7 42.3 65.7 -4.4

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Graph shows rotational transition at bending residues and can be used to identify hinge bending residues.
Probably only informative for interdomain rotations greater than 20 degrees